On Saturday 06 September 2003 15:46, Garry Hunsaker wrote: > Being completely new to Linux, I spent the last week making a few fair > guesses at search terms for Mandrake ( 9.1) to be specific, Kernel > Panic: ( hmmm I can't find the note I jotted that down on at the moment, > but it was something like VFS: Unable to.... 01:03), and then in the > middle of this having the old Radeon Mac Edition PCI card arrive and > working out its installation, and then getting to watch this beautiful > loop of Linux self diagnostics run up my screen for thirty minutes, I > have come to the conclusion I need to do some hard core basic research. > > To that end, what would folks recommend as 'the ultimate your lucky to > know how to screw in a light bulb' absolute beginners guide to getting > Linux installed onto a beige G3 333Mhz Mac?
My recommednation is to be very careful! My G3 beige is currently unusable because I deleted all the Mac OS partitions and installed Linux as though I was just using a PC - it didn't work. It's not terminal, but it's a pain. -- MaX-list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MaX-list info: <http://lowendmac.com/linux/max.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/max-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
